You're not alone. This is trite and uninteresting stuff sprinkled with some nice-sounding synths.
"Staying power"? Nah. No one will be playing Chvrches in public in 3 years except the in-store radio at Kohl's. Sounds like some basic teen acoustic folk rock trio had their lives changed by an M83-inspired soft drink commercial song written by an ad agency whose pitch deck overuses the words "alignment", "engagement", and/or "youth culture".

If you didn't see that photo yet and had to guess who would be the only member wearing a hat with his own name on it, who would you guess? Yeah, I guessed Ice Cube, too.
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Being totally honest, yes I was. I was telling everyone that Daft Punk was special and would go on to be huge during Homework when most people were writing them off as one hit wonders with "Around the World".
Yes, I was that guy and I was right and I'm pretty awesome for it. You don't have to be bitter about it. You were probably a huge Semisonic fan.

I hired Absorption for my wedding and they were top notch. They transformed "Melt with You" from a standard love song into a jaw-dropping, raise-the-roof awakening, customized just for me and my wife (who happens to be a grilled cheese sandwich).
I rated them 4 stars in Yelp. I would've given them 5 but we caught the bassist doing something inappropriate in his van.

Accuradio! I haven't used that in ages but it was the best internet radio around about 10-13 years ago. I actually discovered Bloc Party, Broken Social Scene and more of favs from that time from Accuradio.

"They grew up in and came out of the brute strength of Long Island hardcore."
'The closest that Brand New ever came to the pop-punk that they would long be associated with was on Your Favorite Weapon."
"They were sending up the whole scene with a knowing, winking nod, but no one really picked up on that at first."
James,
Thanks for the list. Brand New is a solid band whose sound matured well beyond what many people would give them credit for. A lot of great tunes. But, dude...you're clearly in some kind of pop-punk/emo denial. Your Favorite Weapon wasn't the "closest" they got to pop-punk, it was basically full-on bubble gum pop-punk. And that's OK. It may be pretty embarrassing stuff now, but they built on that, grew up, and accomplished great things like The Devil and God, so be it.
Do you know what Long Island hardcore sounds like? You think their early stuff comes close to VoD, Kill Your Idols, or Glassjaw? You're kidding yourself. They may have loved listening to L.I. hardcore and WANTED to sound like that, but they didn't. But that's OK...because they eventually had their own thing going for them, and we have to give them credit for that. But "winking" at pop-punk/emo? Sounds more like a defense mechanism for realizing they became associated with an easily-digested, derivative pop genre that wasn't cool to anyone older than 15...they were associated with it because they were it. It's not like the press had some conspiracy against them. Taking Back Sunday was another Long Island band in a similar situation, fighting to be taken more seriously after their initial impression.
Best,
Chreezy